Re: Inexorable Altercation [Round I- The Sleeping World of Rock]
05-26-2010, 05:04 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by The Dr..
Apathy cringed to herself when she heard the first door grinding open, and briefly took the time to look behind her while backing away from the creatures advancing. Exactly what she needed, more monsters to cause her problems! No one had come in through the door behind her, though, which was relatively confusing to her. She looked around the rest of the room before realizing the pillars on the outskirts of the arena were holding up a second floor, of which a man in a camoflauged jumpsuit was staring over. He was nonchalantly holding a pistol to the group of creatures advancing on her, and fired. It didn't seem to do much at all, but a large chunk of them turned to face Will.
Suddenly, one of the little beings flew up to the center of the room, suspended. A few of the other ones also stopped to stare at it in amazement, before it flew over to one side of the second floor. Apathy heard a sickening crash as it hit stone. She tried to see what was happening, but whoever had done that must have been too far back for Apathy to see.
And from the midst, a glossy metallic dragon dropped from the second floor, which Apathy had retreated under. Spotting her with it's glowing blue eyes, it swept over to where she was standing. She recognized it as OTTO from the beginning of the battle; it spoke.
"Well well well! What do we have here? Probably the weirdest group I've ever encountered yet." Apathy thought the same of the dragon, but decided not to speak it out loud. Suddenly, a voice from inside the machine made it's introductions as well.
"Apologies for appearing so suddenly. I don't suppose the lot of you are about to go killing each other yet? If not, then allow me to introduce ourselves. I am O'rlyath, Being and possessor, unfortunately, of the talking hunk of metal you see before you. He is OTTO, my unwilling compatriot." This made a much higher amount of sense to Apathy, who was awfully confused at everything unfolding before her eyes. Feeling confident that she knew what was going on, she charged forward at the group of tiny creatures.
Snapping her fingers together, the red stripes that stretched across Apathy's arm lit up until it was almost flourescent, and began to emit a glowing aura. From the palm of her hand, a spark ignited and a blue wisp of lighting arced from her hands onto the stone of the monster, which fell. Grasping the wisp of electricity in her hand as if it were solid, Apathy pulled herself around, with the current flowing with her like a piece of rope. Across the way, it made a solid connection with the mechanisms within the rock, causing a series of small explosions to light up the corridor. There were only two of the little beings left, one of which OTTO raced over to. He picked it up, almost as if it were harmless.
"Identifying...! This creature is a Bolter, which when left alone is a simple and harmless resident of the caves. However, having being possessed by the demonic Bad Spark, the Bolter becomes aware of evil intentions. Very hostile, and will explode on contact." OTTO placed the Bolter back on the ground before stomping on it multiple times. Its corpse began to glow white, and dispersed. "Oddly enough, it seems that my mechanical adversary has shown himself useful for once."
Voitrach saw an opportunity. Using his powers, he lifted the Bolter up into the sky as before, and sent it crashing into the ground, shattering into hundreds and hundreds of pieces. He briefly considered collecting them and absorbing them into himself, but there were too many people and he didn't want to blow his cover. Though in a humanoid shape, the chair disguise had seemed to fool everyone else up to this point, as they had seemed to be occupied with what was happening below.
Will leapt up over the railing and onto the floor below, which was now littered with various pieces of rocks from deceased enemies. He calmly extended his hand to Apathy, who had walked back into the center of the arena. "Will Haven, at your service."
Having decided that the trio (or, rather, quartet, if O'rlyath and OTTO were to be considered different people) didn't seem to show any hostility to each other yet, she decided it was safe to at least introduce herself to the man. She brought up her hand, and went to give Will a handshake but instead sent a bolt of electricity running up his arm. He hardly seemed phased by it, simply drawing his hand back. She smirked, and had a feeling she'd try to knock him out of the loop eventually. She casually waved her hand at Will, as well as OTTO in the background. "Name's Apathy. Nice to meet you, I'd hope." She looked down at the futuristic pistol that Will was carrying. "Nobody's trying to kill anyone else yet, right?"
Apathy cringed to herself when she heard the first door grinding open, and briefly took the time to look behind her while backing away from the creatures advancing. Exactly what she needed, more monsters to cause her problems! No one had come in through the door behind her, though, which was relatively confusing to her. She looked around the rest of the room before realizing the pillars on the outskirts of the arena were holding up a second floor, of which a man in a camoflauged jumpsuit was staring over. He was nonchalantly holding a pistol to the group of creatures advancing on her, and fired. It didn't seem to do much at all, but a large chunk of them turned to face Will.
Suddenly, one of the little beings flew up to the center of the room, suspended. A few of the other ones also stopped to stare at it in amazement, before it flew over to one side of the second floor. Apathy heard a sickening crash as it hit stone. She tried to see what was happening, but whoever had done that must have been too far back for Apathy to see.
And from the midst, a glossy metallic dragon dropped from the second floor, which Apathy had retreated under. Spotting her with it's glowing blue eyes, it swept over to where she was standing. She recognized it as OTTO from the beginning of the battle; it spoke.
"Well well well! What do we have here? Probably the weirdest group I've ever encountered yet." Apathy thought the same of the dragon, but decided not to speak it out loud. Suddenly, a voice from inside the machine made it's introductions as well.
"Apologies for appearing so suddenly. I don't suppose the lot of you are about to go killing each other yet? If not, then allow me to introduce ourselves. I am O'rlyath, Being and possessor, unfortunately, of the talking hunk of metal you see before you. He is OTTO, my unwilling compatriot." This made a much higher amount of sense to Apathy, who was awfully confused at everything unfolding before her eyes. Feeling confident that she knew what was going on, she charged forward at the group of tiny creatures.
Snapping her fingers together, the red stripes that stretched across Apathy's arm lit up until it was almost flourescent, and began to emit a glowing aura. From the palm of her hand, a spark ignited and a blue wisp of lighting arced from her hands onto the stone of the monster, which fell. Grasping the wisp of electricity in her hand as if it were solid, Apathy pulled herself around, with the current flowing with her like a piece of rope. Across the way, it made a solid connection with the mechanisms within the rock, causing a series of small explosions to light up the corridor. There were only two of the little beings left, one of which OTTO raced over to. He picked it up, almost as if it were harmless.
"Identifying...! This creature is a Bolter, which when left alone is a simple and harmless resident of the caves. However, having being possessed by the demonic Bad Spark, the Bolter becomes aware of evil intentions. Very hostile, and will explode on contact." OTTO placed the Bolter back on the ground before stomping on it multiple times. Its corpse began to glow white, and dispersed. "Oddly enough, it seems that my mechanical adversary has shown himself useful for once."
Voitrach saw an opportunity. Using his powers, he lifted the Bolter up into the sky as before, and sent it crashing into the ground, shattering into hundreds and hundreds of pieces. He briefly considered collecting them and absorbing them into himself, but there were too many people and he didn't want to blow his cover. Though in a humanoid shape, the chair disguise had seemed to fool everyone else up to this point, as they had seemed to be occupied with what was happening below.
Will leapt up over the railing and onto the floor below, which was now littered with various pieces of rocks from deceased enemies. He calmly extended his hand to Apathy, who had walked back into the center of the arena. "Will Haven, at your service."
Having decided that the trio (or, rather, quartet, if O'rlyath and OTTO were to be considered different people) didn't seem to show any hostility to each other yet, she decided it was safe to at least introduce herself to the man. She brought up her hand, and went to give Will a handshake but instead sent a bolt of electricity running up his arm. He hardly seemed phased by it, simply drawing his hand back. She smirked, and had a feeling she'd try to knock him out of the loop eventually. She casually waved her hand at Will, as well as OTTO in the background. "Name's Apathy. Nice to meet you, I'd hope." She looked down at the futuristic pistol that Will was carrying. "Nobody's trying to kill anyone else yet, right?"